All About Health

You don’t want to see how the sausage is made, you just want to enjoy it — so the saying goes.

Congress may be taking that literally as the majority party appears to be laboring out of sight on the bulk of the work of health care reform. It remains to be seen whether the rest of us will find the outcome tasty.

It might help the rest of us understand the result if we know what the heck those people are talking about. In researching another story, I came across www.reformplans.com, a forum by the World Health Care Congress (www.worldcongress.com) Reformplans.com is targeted to employers, helping them stay up on political, legislative and other developments in health care reform. But no reason the rest of us can’t drop in and see what we also need to know. It’s a piece of the puzzle, but maybe it can help you to figure out the grand design.

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Patti Singer

Health Reporter

Being healthy means that you’ll be in good shape if you get sick. That may sound odd, but think about it. We may not be able to prevent every illness, but if we can delay it, minimize it and recover quickly, we can get back to our lives. That’s the beauty of a healthy lifestyle – what I call wellness insurance.

I’m fascinated by how we define health and what we do to achieve and keep that physical, emotional and spiritual sense.

I used to be a sports writer. I joined the Democrat and Chronicle in 1985 to write about the Rochester Red Wings and wouldn’t trade that experience for an infinite number of first-round draft choices. I moved from sports to features in 1991, and wrote about personal health, travel and general topics. I joined the metro staff in July 2009 to focus on health.

I am certified as a personal trainer and I earned a master’s degree in education from The College at Brockport, where I teach an undergrad course in contemporary health issues and a grad course in health communication.